Mountaineer and tax inspector. Born Michael Fowler in London. Voted "The Moutaineers' Mountaineer", he has tackled some of the world's most difficult peaks, mostly during his holidays from his job with HM Revenue and Customs.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Footballer and army officer. Born Walter Daniel John Tull at 57 Walton Road, Folkestone. He served an apprenticeship as a printer, but turned to football as a career. He signed for Tottenham Hotspu...
Fencing master and coach. Born in Timișoara, Romania. In 1956 he moved to Israel where he served in the air force and attended the National Sport Academy, where he studied fencing. Representing Isr...
Person, Sport / Games, Tragedy, Germany, Israel/Palestine, Romania
Football manager. He founded Dulwich Hamlet Football Club, and was nicknamed 'Pa', because of his paternalistic attitude to his team players, and, we're only guessing, perhaps the players found "Lo...
Holder of land and water speed records. Born Chislehurst, Kent. He broke the land speed record for the first time in 1924 and went on to break it a further nine times (five at Daytona Beach, Florid...
Often referred to as 'Gooners', being a play on the team's nickname of the 'Gunners'.
Architect and local politician. Alderman of the LCC and Chairman of the Fire Brigade Committee of the London County Council in 1906. The LCC's representative on the Royal Institute of British Arch...
Writer. Born Phyllis Dorothy James in Oxford. Best known for her crime novels, many of them featuring the detective Adam Dalgliesh. Created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991.
Battersea Park was re-opened to the public after extensive restoration.
Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.
Decorative artist. Born 6 New Burlington Street to Richard and Anne, sister to Charles Cockerell. Ordained as an Anglican priest in 1845, but converted to Roman Catholicism in1852. He worked on man...
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